Pakistan upholds acquittal of Christian woman who had been sentenced to death

Aasia Bibi is now free to leave the country after the resolution of the blasphemy case.

Pakistan upholds acquittal of Christian woman who had been sentenced to death

Pakistan’s top court has upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a move that dealt a blow to radical Islamists who had demanded her execution.

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